Hi guys! I have had a couple of weeks away from hive as I have FINALLY moved house!!! 😀😀😀. I have also had another litter of beautiful bullies, but that is a post for another day.
Today I thought I would share another drawing with you.
My friends cat had sadly passed away and she had asked me if I could do a sketch of her so that she could put the picture in a frame next to her ashes. Of course I was happy to do it, but was worried it wouldn’t be good enough, so the pressure was on.
She sent me this photo to work from…
I began as I always do, with an outline to work from. Lightly drawn so that it can be sketched over, or removed where necessary.
I started to shade, but felt it looked too much like a tabby cat, rather than predominantly white, so I removed some of the shading.
Once I had removed the shading, I focused on the body shape and the legs. Neither of these felt right to me, so I asked for another reference photo to work from.
This felt more realistic to me and the body shape seemed to flow better. The final image that I sent to my friend was now complete.
My friend loves the picture and even shed a few tears! I was so pleased that she liked it. All the hard work was worth it to make my friend happy again.
I hope you like the drawing and the explanations!
Thank you so much for stopping by. I’d love to read your thoughts in the comments section.
Much love to you all! C and the bulldogs xx